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Roche immunotherapy Tecentriq fails trial in ovarian cancer – Metro US

Roche immunotherapy Tecentriq fails trial in ovarian cancer

FILE PHOTO: Workers clean windows of a building of Roche
FILE PHOTO: Workers clean windows of a building of Roche in Rotkreuz

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche on Monday said a drug cocktail including its immunotherapy drug Tecentriq failed a late-stage trial in women with ovarian cancer when it did not increase survival without the disease progressing.

Roche said it was disappointed with the result of the trial, which added Tecentriq to the company’s older drug Avastin as well as chemotherapy as a hopeful treatment against newly diagnosed advanced stage ovarian cancer.

(Reporting by John Miller, editing by Thomas Escritt)